Reply #36: They are playing on something I have heard being said...as if he won't "take care" of the place

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I don't think this would be being said if a white candidate had won. What does it matter that he is more casual?

I've read stuff about whether or not the girls will destroy the house and all that stuff. Some people can't stand the fact that a black family actually lives in the White House and a black man is in the Oval Office. Why else would it matter if he wears a jacket or not? Its like they are trying to imply that it is some sort of an etiquette issue with Obama, as opposed to how Bush ran things, which seemed to be solely to blow up his own ego.

And honestly, I think Bush probably only got photographed in his suit coat so he could appear to be something he wasn't...competent.